The Reagan Administration's most important proposal is not the budget cut passed recently with so much fanfare, but the proposal to convert some "categorical" grants into "block" grants. As pointed out before in this column, Reaganomics often suffers … [Read more...] about Block Grants vs. Categorical Grants

If prizes were given for investigative reporting on unpopular subjects, Carlton Sherwood would be in the running for his series of articles on sex discrimination at the U.S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. He asked some questions nobody else had asked, … [Read more...] about Rough Seats at Annapolis

Although the Reagan budget cuts are essential to his economic program, the Reagan tax cuts are the heart of it. The tax cuts represent the innovative change, the real turning of the corner from the old, tired liberalism of the past, to the new … [Read more...] about “Supply-Side” Means Incentives

What is the safest, cleanest, and cheapest form of energy available in significant volume? The answer, which may come as a surprise to some, is nuclear. It generates electricity at significantly lower costs than oil, gas or coal. According to the … [Read more...] about The High Cost of Not Going Nuclear

Regulatory relief for every segment of the economy is an essential part of Ronald Reagan's economic program. Under the capable command of Murray L. Weidenbaum, chairman of the President's Council of Economic Advisers, the Reagan Administration did … [Read more...] about Reagan’s Regulatory Relief

If the Supreme Court affirms the federal district court decision in Rostker v. Goldberg, thereby ruling that women must be drafted anytime men are drafted, Congressman Billy Lee Evans (D.-Ga.) has a game plan ready. He has already introduced into the … [Read more...] about Women’s Draft Exemption Act

The favorite question asked by reporters this season is, "Aren't you concerned about the 'Moral Majority' and the entry of preachers and religious groups into the political process?" Reporters often follow up with questions about the alleged threat … [Read more...] about The Morality Gap

American dependence on imported oil is only a part -- and only the obvious part -- of American dependence on imported materials which are not only strategic, but absolutely essential to our standard of living. Americans may not be as … [Read more...] about A Strategic Minerals Policy

Eleanor Holmes Norton, former chair of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, threw down the gauntlet at Senator Orrin Hatch when he conducted a hearing of the Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources. She demanded that Affirmative Action … [Read more...] about Affirmative Action in Jobs?

The 52 freed American hostages came home after 14 months of captivity in Iran to enjoy a ticker-tape reception and a warm outpouring of welcome from an appreciative nation. Frank G. Emmick came home after 14 years of imprisonment in Castro's Cuba to … [Read more...] about Spy for an Ungrateful Country